Quote from jem:
I know I am right on the mark... when you bring out that same post for the 5th time.
and this has been my response.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/11/the-list-which-presidential-polls-were-most-accurate/
The List: Which presidential polls were most accurate?
The Pew Research Center and Rasmussen Reports were the most accurate in predicting the results of the 2008 election, according to a new analysis by Fordham University political scientist Costas Panagopoulos.
The Fordham analysis ranks 23 survey research organizations on their final, national pre-election polls, as reported on pollster.com.
On average, the polls slightly overestimated Obamaâs strength. The final polls showed the Democratic ahead by an average of 7.52 percentage points â 1.37 percentage points above his current 6.15-point popular vote lead. Seventeen of the 23 surveys overstated Obamaâs final victory level, while four underestimated it. Only two â Rasmussen and Pew â were spot on.
Here is the list â
1T. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
1T. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
3. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
5. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*
Again jem,that is the result of 1 poll,I repeat 1 poll,the day before the election.The polls in the survey were correct within 1.37 % so most of that polls did well in that survey
This is Rasmussens results with a sample of over 100 polls ,3 weeks from an election
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytime...rate-quinnipiac-surveyusa-performed-strongly/
Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate
Every election cycle has its winners and losers: not just the among the candidates, but also the pollsters.
On Tuesday, polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports â which released more than 100 surveys in the final three weeks of the campaign, including some commissioned under a subsidiary on behalf of Fox News â badly missed the margin in many states, and also exhibited a considerable bias toward Republican candidates.
The 105 polls released in Senate and gubernatorial races by Rasmussen Reports and its subsidiary, Pulse Opinion Research, missed the final margin between the candidates by 5.8 points, a considerably higher figure than that achieved by most other pollsters. Some 13 of its polls missed by 10 or more points, including one in the Hawaii Senate race that missed the final margin between the candidates by 40 points, the largest error ever recorded in a general election in FiveThirtyEightâs database, which includes all polls conducted since 1998.
This is a sample of Rasmussens accuracy months before an election.In December Intrade and most polls had Romney winning the GOP nomination,Rasmussen had Newt by +21